Usually means: Black, tarry stools indicating bleeding.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Melena)

▸ noun:  The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
melaena, melanaemia, melanemia, hematochezia, melanosis, haematochezia, bloody show, macrohematuria, hematemesis, bloodstaining, more...

Opposite:
hematochezia, rectal bleeding

Types:
tarry, sticky, more...

Adjectives:
true, massive, severe, recurrent, unexplained, intermittent, frank, chronic, gross, only, persistent

Colors:
    black,     dark brown,     charcoal,     ebony,     onyx, more...

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Similar:
melaena, melanaemia, melanemia, hematochezia, melanosis, haematochezia, bloody show, macrohematuria, hematemesis, bloodstaining, more...

Opposite:
hematochezia, rectal bleeding

Types:
tarry, sticky, more...

Adjectives:
true, massive, severe, recurrent, unexplained, intermittent, frank, chronic, gross, only, persistent

Colors:
    black,     dark brown,     charcoal,     ebony,     onyx, more...



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